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Edoardo Maggio

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Ai and us: what’s the reality behind the hype?

espite the undeniable hype around AI, the discourse often tends to focus on unrealistic extrapolations based on current capabilities. Yet AI may be even more groundbreaking than we imagine, and at the very least transformative for the way we think of jobs. As a property of the future and the evolution of the AI field itself, uncertainty reigns supreme, and we seem utterly ill-prepared to face the coming waves. Still, a clearer framework of the landscape might help in identifying concrete ways to navigate it all. Starting with one question: what makes us irreplaceable?

About the speaker

Edoardo is a senior writer, editor, and content designer at MAIZE. He has a past in journalism and has dipped his toes in design, but the entirety of his body of work is devoted to words — he is a man of pens, not pencils. As a reporter and editor, he has worked for publications such as 9to5Mac in the US, Business Insider in London (UK), and a few others, including his personal newsletter, developing strong expertise in the technology sector. He has a BA in Media and Communication studies (Journalism) from City, University of London, and an MSc in Digital and Interaction Design from Politecnico di Milano. His writing focuses on the future, though his heart belongs to the sea.

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